Awareness of dental health among children with different socioeconomic status - A Questionnaire

Authors

  • CHANCHAL KATARIYA BDS 3rd year, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India.
  • Dr.GANESH JEEVANANDAN MDS, Faculty of Pedodontics, Saveetha Dental College Hospital, Chennai, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22376/ijpbs.2018.9.2.p166-172

Keywords:

Socioeconomic status, brushing, oral health, income, awareness

Abstract

The aim of the study is to assess the dental knowledge among children with different socioeconomic status. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of dental knowledge among children between age of 10-15years with different socioeconomic status. Many reviews and research documents the relationship between socioeconomic status and the health eduction of an individual and consistently finds an inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and the incidence and prevalence of disease: that is, as socioeconomic status increases, disease, illness, and their impacts decrease. The purpose of the study is to determine the level of dental knowledge in a given indian population with difference in socioeconomic status.

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30.06.2018

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CHANCHAL KATARIYA, & Dr.GANESH JEEVANANDAN. (2018). Awareness of dental health among children with different socioeconomic status - A Questionnaire. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 9(2), 166–172. https://doi.org/10.22376/ijpbs.2018.9.2.p166-172

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Volume 9, Issue 2, 2018

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Research Articles

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